Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Intel Core m5-6Y57. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium 6000Y Intel Core M 6
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core M
• Generation
  10 6
• Predecessor
  No -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  No -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.1 GHz 1.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.4 GHz 2.2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  24 24
• Generation
  9.5 9
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 615 Intel HD Graphics 515
• GPU Turbo
  900 MHz 900 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q3/2015
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  14nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core m5-6Y57 and Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM LPDDR3-1866 LPDDR3-1866
• PCIe
  3.0 x 10 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 10
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y and Intel Core m5-6Y57 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  5 W 4.5 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  3.5 W -
• TDP up
  7 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y and Intel Core m5-6Y57, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Amber Lake U Skylake Y
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q3/2015
• Socket
  BGA 1515 BGA 1515
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d